Diocese of Willemstad

DIOCESE OF WILLEMSTAD (Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana)

Country : Netherlands, Curacao, Aruba, Sint Maarten
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1752 as Apostolic Prefecture of Curaçao
elevated in 1842 to Apostolic Vicariate of Curaçao
elevated to Diocese of Willemstad in 1958

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Arms of Bishops

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  Martinus Johannes Niewindt (1823-1860)

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  Johannes Fredericus Antonius Kistemaker (1860-1869)

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  Petrus Hendricus Josephus van Ewijk (1869-1886)

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  Ceslaus Hendricus Jacobus Reijnen (1886-1887)

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  Alphonsus M. Henricus Joosten (1887-1896)

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  Ambrosius Jacobus Johannes van Baars (1897-1910)

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  Michel Antoine Marie Vuylsteke (1910-1930)

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  Petrus Innocentius Johannes Humbertus Verriet (1931-1948)

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  Antonio Ludovico van der Veen Zeppenfeldt (1948-1956)

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  Joannes Maria Michael Holterman (1956–1973)

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  Wilhelm Michel Ellis (1973–2001)

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  Luigi Antonio Secco (2001-present)

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